HIDDEN COSTS Export financing can pay for itself in countries where the export climate is favorable. In some countries such as China, where the economics currently work against U.S. exporters. U.S. exporters are at a disadvantage.

US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross initiated an investigation today under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 following a conversation with President Donald Trump.
The investigation will determine whether imports of automobiles, including SUVs, vans and light trucks, and automotive parts into the United States threaten to impair the national security as defined in Section 232.
“There is evidence
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[Editor’s note: The May-June 2018 print version of this story mistakenly identified Gary LaGrange as the Port of New Orleans CEO. Actually, LaGrange resigned from that position in 2016 and currently serves as the Port Association of Louisiana president. Brandy D. Christian has been the Port of New Orleans president and CEO since January 2017. Global Trade regrets the error.]
In transportation, everyone knows that bigger is always better; it’s why we have 18-wheelers and jumbo jets. So, it only stands to
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1 China’s announcement that it would be imposing a 25 percent additional tariff on exported American pork could not have come at a worse time for the American pork industry, coming as it does after the industry had just hit record levels in 2017, when U.S. pork exports recorded the largest year ever in volume, with sales to more than 100 countries around the world.
2 United States pork and pork variety meat exports totaled 5.399 billion pounds valued at $6.486
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The Chinese government has announced that it is extending the ban it imposed last year on imports of items like paper and plastic waste many more types of recyclable materials, including steel, used auto parts, and ships.
For decades, other countries shipped containers full of scrap and waste to China for recycling. But Beijing decided last year to ban imports of
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Nestpick, an apartment search engine based in Geremany, has released a study revealing the top 110 cities for entrepreneurial millennials, based on factors such as startup ecosystem and employment. Nestpick conducted this study in order to pinpoint which cities are successfully attracting this generation and therefore a core future workforce.
“Millennials grew up in a shrinking world, where the internet opened
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Thailand’s robust growth of a few years ago has since slowed. Its gross domestic product growth has trailed its regional neighbors in recent years, hitting a three- to four-percent stride since 2015, while Vietnam is growing at close to seven percent.
The government has embarked on programs in an effort to turn that around. Thailand 4.0 envisions a new economic model
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Market demand for supply chain and logistics professionals is growing and so are salaries in the field. Studies show that businesses are filling 270,000 logistics jobs a year and that employment in the field will have increased 22 percent between 2012 and 2022.
If you’ve got an undergraduate degree, earning a master’s may be the best bet to a higher salary. The Institute for Supply Management says a supply chain professional with a master’s degree earns 25 percent more than one
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THE FIRST COHORT OF STUDENTS SURROUNDS SIR JAMES DYSON (Image: Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology)

The University of South Dakota Beacom School of Business now offers an online Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) with Operations and Supply Chain Management specialization.
Enrollees “benefit from in-depth study of supply chain management, lean management, quality control and other topics relevant in today’s rapidly evolving global market,” according to Beacom School of Business officials.
In addition to the core M.B.A. courses that prepare students for leadership in any business role, those on the Operations and Supply Chain Management tract can
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EDUCATION IS CRITICAL TO MANAGING GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS: Supply-chain managers must be encouraged to stay current with the latest global disruptions.

The modern supply chain is a complex weave of new technology and legacy systems all working toward the same goal, to keep products moving. New technology and the rapid rate of adoption is leaving many in the supply-chain industry wondering how they can keep up.
Furthermore, as the industry continues to struggle with finding new talent to bolster its workforce, businesses are often left understaffed while managing a more complex supply network. With all these disruptions the industry faces today, an
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